I had a puzzling, scary experience this afternoon.I was sitting at McDonald's across from Wrigley Field, enjoying a Double Filet-O-Fish sandwich, large fries, and large unsweetened iced tea, when all of a sudden this very strange feeling came over me. I can't even fully remember it, but I think I felt flush and lightheaded, only it was much more intense than other times when I'd felt something similar. I remember realizing something was really amiss, and saying something to myself like, "Oh, God, please don't..."
Next thing I knew, I had come to, and realized my head was slumped over my tray and I was staring at the small remnant of sandwich I had left that was still uneaten. I was confused and disoriented and sweating profusely and realized I had lost track of time.
It was then that I realized I had blacked out. For how long? A moment? Longer? What had happened?
I finished what was left of my sandwich and drank my iced tea, gradually regaining my composure, but still felt confused. And then bits and pieces of various dreams started coming back to me... but dreams from when? From earlier in the day when I had been asleep? Or from whatever period of time I had blacked out?
Before the episode, I had been sitting quietly by myself, eating my food and thinking about Jim B., about why he never answers his phone when I call (I've tried three times in the past two weeks), about how I would describe to him what I look like now compared to all those years ago, about...
And afterward I remembered that I'd had another brief, strange experience a little earlier, while walking to the restaurant. I'd thought of some street or other, and it had something to do with Jim B., but what exactly? And where was this street? In Cleveland? Or somewhere to the south of me in Chicago? Details were vague, and I couldn't place it, but I had the sense of just having had a brief vision of some sort. After thinking about it a moment, I dismissed the incident as my mind merely playing tricks on me, and left it at that.
And then, not a half hour later, I was blacking out. What's going on here?
Except for the time I fainted back in sixth grade, I don't recall ever having any experience quite like this. I'm a little scared.
I'll have to keep on guard and see if I have any further episodes of this sort again. My next doctor's appointment is in less than three weeks. Maybe I should discuss the incident with her?
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